Summary of the invention
The present inventor has found the following problem existed in the technology described in patent document 1.
In the technology described in patent document 1, arranging and managing in father's components list of unit number of common elements and selectable unit (SU), the unit number of each selectable unit (SU) is being applied for the intrinsic numbering (the intrinsic numbering of product) of each product.That is, in father's components list, each product and selectable unit (SU) direct correlation.
So, when extracting predetermined information so that when creating the components list of the first product from father's components list, the unit number of the unit number extracting common elements and the solid numbered selectable unit (SU) of the product being employed the first product.
Technology as described in patent document 1, when in father's components list by product and selectable unit (SU) direct correlation, can not be created in father's components list and there is no the components list of the product of direct correlation (with hereinafter, referred to " not associated product ") with selectable unit (SU).Such as, even if not associated product is used in all common elements of managing in father's components list and uses part selectable unit (SU), because not associated product does not associate in father's components list with selectable unit (SU), so the components list of not associated product can not be created from father's components list.In order to create the components list of not associated product, needing in father's components list, intrinsic for the product of not associated product numbering being applied to the unit number of this not associated product selectable unit (SU) used.
That is, when the technology described in patent document 1, in order to be created in the components list of the product not having direct correlation in father's components list with predetermined selectable unit (SU), need the content changing father's components list.Due to the data that father's components list is the basis as the components list creating each product, it is not preferred for changing father's components list continually.In addition, when managing a large amount of parts in father's components list, add data volume, this causes needing a large amount of running time to carry out data and changes operation, and probably occurs mistake for the content changed.In addition, consider that will make and make great efforts in a large number to repair this mistake, this is inconvenient when there is mistake in the content changed.In addition, such as, due to the new product relevant to the product managing its parts in father's components list is thought not associated product, so probably there is not associated product in related frequency ground.
Therefore, the object of this invention is to provide the means of establishment for promoting member table and management.
In the present invention, according to the same way of technology described in patent document 1, likely arrange and manage the parts of multiple product.In addition, likely arrange and manage selectable unit (SU) and the common common elements used in the multiple products being arranged and managing (with hereinafter, referred to " management product group ").But in the present invention, the selectable unit (SU) used in each product and each product is not direct correlation.
The present inventor finds, according to the particular requirement set for each product, to determine whether to use selectable unit (SU) in each product.
Such as, DVD drives " production code member: AAA-d " to be in management product group, have the selectable unit (SU) jointly used in the product of built-in DVD driving, and whether there is according to the first product the specification possessing built-in DVD and drive, determine whether to use " production code member: AAA-d " in the first product.
In addition, in management product group, to drive and region, destination is that in the product of the U.S., the common CD that uses drives " production code member: BBB-c " (Americanized) having built-in CD, and whether have according to the first product and possess specification that built-in CD drives and whether the region, destination of the first product is the U.S., determine whether to use " production code member: BBB-c " in the first product.
In addition, in management product group, to drive and region, destination is that in the product of Japan, common the 2nd CD that uses drives " production code member: CCC-c " (Japan manufactures) having built-in CD, and whether the region, destination whether according to the first product with specification and the first product possessing built-in CD driving is Japan, determines whether to use " production code member: CCC-c " in the first product.
In this manner, according to the particular requirement set for each product, such as, whether specification has built-in DVD drives, and whether specification has built-in CD drives, and region, destination is where etc., determines whether to use selectable unit (SU) in each product.In addition, among selectable unit (SU), can according to for specific one requirement of each product, determine whether to use some selectable unit (SU), as DVD drives " production code member: AAA-d ", on the contrary, can according to for two or more requirements specific of each product, determine whether to use some selectable unit (SU), as the first and second CD drive.
Based on above prerequisite, the present inventor completes following invention.
That is, in the present invention, for arranging and managing in " component information " of common elements and selectable unit (SU), in selectable items, the value of at least one associates with each selectable unit (SU) and is managed.The value of selectable items is the requirement for determining whether to use selectable unit (SU), and corresponding with " territory, objective area: the U.S. " in above example, " territory, objective area: Japan ", " built-in CD drives " and " built-in DVD drives " etc.
In addition, in the present invention, for identify the information of each product in management product group with represent the particular requirement that sets for each product, in selectable items, the value of at least one associate, and conduct " product information " manages.In addition, when not using selectable unit (SU), the value of selectable items can not associate with the identifying information of product.
When using component information to create the components list of the first product, first searching products information, and identify the value of the selectable items of the first product, that is, identify for the specific requirement of the first product.Then, use the value of the selectable items identified, search parts information, thus extract the parts be included in the first product.
Such as, as the parts be included in the first product, extract selectable unit (SU) and common elements, for described selectable unit (SU), the all values (driving " production code member: BBB-c " at a CD, when " region, destination: the U.S. " and " built-in CD drives ") of the selectable items of association is all included in the value of the selectable items of the first product.
According to the present invention, can the establishment of promoting member table and management.Such as, when there is new product, described new product is used in all common elements registered in component information, and be used in a part for the selectable unit (SU) of registering in advance in component information, if for identifying that the information of new product and the value specifying in the selectable items that specifically requires for new product at least one to associate with product information and newly to register in product information, then can create the components list of this new product, and without the need to changing the content of component information.That is, as long as need not occur that new product just changes the content of component information.
In addition, according to the present invention, provide and a kind ofly arrange and manage the component management device of the parts of multiple product, described component management device comprises: component information holding unit, described component information holding unit holding member information, in described component information, list the component identification information of common elements and the component identification information of selectable unit (SU), described common elements is parts common in all described multiple products among described parts, described selectable unit (SU) is parts different for each product among described parts, and comprise the option information of the value of at least one in selectable items and the component identification information association of described selectable unit (SU), product information holding unit, described product information holding unit keeps product information, in described product information, list product identification information each in described multiple product, and the option appointed information comprising the value of at least one in described selectable items associates with the product identification information of at least one in described product, input receiving unit, described input receiving unit receives the input being used to specify one of described product identification information, product information search unit, described product information search unit uses the product identification information of specifying to search for described product information, described product identification information of specifying is appointed as the product identification information of key assignments, and described product information search unit obtains the option appointed information that associates with described product identification information of specifying or does not associate the information indicated, as Search Results with described product identification information of specifying to described option appointed information, and parts extraction unit, described parts extraction unit searches for described component information, and extract first component identifying information, described first component identifying information is the component identification information of the parts of described product specified by described product identification information of specifying, wherein when described product information search unit obtains described option appointed information as Search Results, among the described component identification information associated with described option information, described parts extraction unit extracts following component identification information as described first component identifying information: the value of the selectable items wherein associated is included in described option appointed information.
In addition, according to the present invention, provide and a kind ofly arrange and manage the part management method of the parts of multiple product, described part management method comprises: under the state that component information and product information are stored in storer, in described component information, list the component identification information of common elements and the component identification information of selectable unit (SU), described common elements is parts common in all described multiple products among described parts, described selectable unit (SU) is parts different for each product among described parts, and comprise the option information of the value of at least one in selectable items and the component identification information association of described selectable unit (SU), and in described product information, list product identification information each in described multiple product, and the option appointed information comprising the value of at least one in described selectable items associates with the product identification information of at least one in described product, input receiving step, in described input receiving step, receive the input being used to specify one of described product identification information, product information search step, in described product information search step, use described product identification information of specifying to search for described product information, described product identification information of specifying is appointed as the product identification information of key assignments, and in described product information search step, obtain the option appointed information associated with described product identification information of specifying or the information indicated is not associated, as Search Results with described product identification information of specifying to described option appointed information, and parts extraction step, described component information is searched in described parts extraction step, and extract first component identifying information, described first component identifying information is the component identification information of the parts of product specified by described product identification information of specifying, wherein when described product information search step obtains described option appointed information as Search Results, among the component identification information associated with described option information, described parts extraction step extracts following component identification information and makes first component identifying information: the value of the selectable items wherein associated is included in described option appointed information.
In addition, according to the present invention, provide and a kind ofly arrange and manage the program of the parts of multiple product, described program causes computing machine to realize following function: component information holding unit, described component information holding unit holding member information, in described component information, list the component identification information of common elements and the component identification information of selectable unit (SU), described common elements is parts common in all described multiple products among described parts, described selectable unit (SU) is parts different for each product among described parts, and comprise the option information of the value of at least one in selectable items and the component identification information association of described selectable unit (SU), product information holding unit, described product information holding unit keeps product information, in described product information, list product identification information each in described multiple product, and the option appointed information comprising the value of at least one in described selectable items associates with the product identification information of at least one in described product, input receiving unit, described input receiving unit receives the input being used to specify one of described product identification information, product information search unit, described product information search unit uses the product identification information of specifying to search for described product information, described product identification information of specifying is appointed as the product identification information of key assignments, and described product information search unit obtains the option appointed information that associates with described product identification information of specifying or does not associate the information indicated, as Search Results with described product identification information of specifying to described option appointed information, and parts extraction unit, described parts extraction unit searches for described component information, and extract first component identifying information, described first component identifying information is the component identification information of the parts of described product specified by described product identification information of specifying, wherein when described product information search unit obtains described option appointed information as Search Results, described parts extraction unit is operated to extract following component identification information as described first component identifying information among the described component identification information associated with described option information: the value of the selectable items wherein associated is included in described option appointed information.
According to the present invention, can the establishment of promoting member table and management.
Embodiment
With hereinafter, embodiments of the invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
In addition, each unit of embodiment can be implemented as any combination of software and hardware, that is, mainly the CPU of computing machine, storer, the program that loads on a memory are (except storing except program in memory in advance in the shipping products stage, also comprise from storage medium (such as, CD) program or from Internet server downloaded), for stored program storage unit (such as, hard disk) and for network connect interface.So, to those skilled in the art, it is evident that and can obtain multiple change example in implementation method and equipment.
In addition, functional block diagram used in the description of embodiment not shown configuration in hardware cell, but show in functional unit block.In the accompanying drawings, each equipment showing embodiment is embodied as equipment, but realization rate is not limited only to this.That is, the configuration physically divided can be used and the configuration that divides in logic.
Fig. 1 shows the functional block diagram of the example of the configuration of the component management device 1 of embodiment.In order to arrange and manage the parts of multiple product, the component management device 1 of embodiment comprises: component information holding unit 10, product information holding unit 20, input receiving unit 30, product information search unit 40, parts extraction unit 50 and output unit 60.With hereinafter, each unit will be described.
Component information holding unit 10 holding member information.Component information comprises the list of the component identification information of component identification information and the selectable unit (SU) identified common elements, described common elements is the common parts of all multiple product of comprising in management product group, and described selectable unit (SU) is for the different parts of each product.The component identification information of selectable unit (SU) associates with the option information comprising the value of at least one in selectable items.In addition, selectable unit (SU) is the parts except common elements, and is the parts used in portioned product in management product group (1 or 2 or more).
Fig. 2 illustrates the example of component information.In the component information shown in Fig. 2, in the row of component identification information, describe component identification information each in multiple parts, identify the selectable items identifying information of selectable items and the value associated of selectable items, and described in the row of option information.
Such as, the selectable items identifying information " DiscDrive " with selectable items value " dvd " associates with component identification information " AAA-d ".This illustrates that the parts of being specified by component identification information " AAA-d " among management product group are driven by DVD to be set as common in the product of DiscDrive specification use wherein.
The selectable items identifying information " DiscDrive " with selectable items value " cd " associates with component identification information " BBB-c " with the selectable items identifying information " Area " with selectable items value " US ".This illustrates among management product group, the parts of being specified by component identification information " BBB-c " are driven by CD to be wherein set as DiscDrive specification and region, destination is common in the product of USA use.
The selectable items identifying information " DiscDrive " with selectable items value " cd " associates with component identification information " CCC-c " with the selectable items identifying information " Area " with selectable items value " jp ".This illustrates among management product group, the parts of being specified by component identification information " CCC-c " are driven by CD to be wherein set to DiscDrive specification and region, destination is common in the product of Japan use.
The selectable items identifying information " DiscDrive " with selectable items value " cd ", the selectable items identifying information " Area " with selectable items value " cn " and the selectable items identifying information " Price " with selectable items value " H " associate with component identification information " DDD-c ".This illustrates among management product group, the parts of being specified by component identification information " DDD-c " be wherein CD is driven be set to DiscDrive specification, region, destination is China and jointly in the high product of price uses.
The selectable items identifying information " DiscDrive " with selectable items value " cd ", the selectable items identifying information " Area " with selectable items value " cn " and the selectable items identifying information " Price " with selectable items value " L " associate with component identification information " EEE-c ".This illustrates among management product group, the parts of being specified by component identification information " EEE-c " be wherein CD is driven be set to DiscDrive specification, region, destination is China and jointly in the low product of price uses.
The selectable items identifying information " DiscDrive " with selectable items value " cd " and the selectable items identifying information " Area " with selectable items value " any:ex.us, jp, cn " associate with component identification information " FFF-c ".This illustrates among management product group, the parts of being specified by component identification information " FFF-c " be wherein CD to be driven be set to DiscDrive specification and region, destination be except the U.S., Japan and in external other countries product in common use.
Option information is not had to associate with component identification information " 10-FFF-XX ", " A1010-21 " and " P-21 ".This illustrates the parts of being specified respectively by component identification information " 10-FFF-XX ", " A1010-21 " and " P-21 " is common in all products among management product group use.That is, the component identification information of option information associated is not had to be the component identification information of common elements.
The selectable items identifying information " EX " with selectable items value " FDD " associates with " P39-2 " with component identification information " 1139-FDD ".This illustrates among management product group, the parts of being specified respectively by component identification information " 1139-FDD " and " P39-2 " are driven by floppy disk (registered trademark) to be wherein set to common in the product of specification use.In this manner, identical selectable items identifying information and selectable items value can from the component identification information association of different parts.
In addition, example shown is only exemplary in fig. 2, and the content of selectable items identifying information and selectable items value are design problems.In addition, having how many option informations same with component identification information association is design problem.
Turn back to Fig. 1, product information holding unit 20 keeps product information.Product information comprises the list to the product identification information that each product in management product group is identified.The option appointed information comprising the value of at least one in selectable items associates with the product identification information of at least one in product.
Fig. 3 shows the example of product information.In product information in figure 3, in the row of product identification information, product identification information each in multiple product is described.Identify selectable items identifying information and the selectable items value associated of selectable items, and described in the row of option appointed information.
Such as, selectable items identifying information " Area " associates with product identification information " 0000001 " with selectable items value " L " etc. with selectable items value " us ", selectable items identifying information " DiscDrive " and selectable items value " cd " and selectable items identifying information " Price ".This illustrates the product for being specified by product identification information " 0000001 ", region, destination is the U.S., arrange CD and drive, and price is low by DiscDrive specification.
In addition, option appointed information is not had to associate with product identification information " 0000004 ".This illustrates the product of being specified by product identification information " 0000004 " and do not use selectable unit (SU).
Which option appointed information is design problem with each association the in product identification information, and can set this design problem in the planning and design process of each product, its content and quantity do not do concrete restriction.
Turn back to Fig. 1, input receiving unit 30 receives from user the input of be such as used to specify product identification information.Such as, input receiving unit 30 can use multiple input media (such as, keyboard, mouse, touch panel display and load button), receives the input of to product identification information.
Product information search unit 40 uses the product identification information of specifying, the product information of search, and as key assignments, described product identification information of specifying is the input and the product identification information (with reference to figure 3) of specifying that receive according to input receiving unit 30.So, product information search unit 40 obtains the option appointed information associated with the product identification information of specifying, or does not associate with the product identification information of specifying the information indicated, as Search Results to option appointed information.
Such as, when the product identification information of specifying is " 0000001 ", product information shown in product information search unit 40 search graph 3, and obtain option appointed information " Area [us] ", " DiscDrive [cd] " and " Price [L] ", as Search Results.
In addition, when the product identification information of specifying is " 0000004 ", product information shown in product information search unit 40 search graph 3, and acquisition does not associate with the product identification information of specifying the information indicated, as Search Results to option appointed information.
Turn back to Fig. 1, parts extraction unit 50 search parts information (with reference to figure 2), and extract first component identifying information, described first component identifying information is the component identification information of the parts of the product identified specified by the product identification information of specifying.According to the Search Results that product information search unit 40 obtains, the extraction process of parts extraction unit 50 is different.
First, description product information search unit 40 is obtained the situation of option appointed information as Search Results.
In this case, parts extraction unit 50 extracts following information as first component identifying information: the component identification information (the component identification information of common elements) that (1) does not associate with option information, and the component identification information among the component identification information that (2) associate with option information (the component identification information of selectable unit (SU)), the value of the selectable items of the association of this component identification information is included in the option appointed information as Search Results.In addition, as (2) component identification information, parts extraction unit 50 extracts, such as, component identification information among the component identification information (the component identification information of selectable unit (SU)) associated with option information, all values of the association selectable items of this component identification information is included in the option appointed information as Search Results.
Exemplarily, consider that the product identification information of specifying is " 0000001 ", and product information search unit 40 obtains option appointed information " Area [us] ", " DiscDrive [cd] " and " Price [L] " as the situation (with reference to figure 3) of Search Results.
In this case, the component information shown in parts extraction unit 50 search graph 2, and (1) component identification information " 10-FFF-XX ", " A1010-21 ", " P-21 " etc. that extraction does not associate with option information are first component identifying information.
In addition, parts extraction unit 50 extracts component identification information in (2) the component identification information " AAA-d ", " BBB-c ", " CCC-c ", " DDD-c ", " EEE-c ", " FFF-c ", " 1139-FDD ", " P39-2 " etc. associated with option information as first component identifying information, and all values of the selectable items of the association of this component identification information is included in as in the option appointed information " Area [us] " of Search Results, " DiscDrive [cd] " and " Price [L] ".In the case of this example, parts extraction unit 50 extracts the component identification information " BBB-c " associated with " DiscDrive [cd] " with option information " Area [us] ".Therefore, as shown in Figure 4, the components list of the product specified by the product identification information of specifying " 0000001 " is created.
In addition, in (2) component identification information associated with option information (the component identification information of common elements), the algorithm of the process of extracting parts identifying information there is no concrete restriction, and the value of the selectable items of the wherein association of this component identification information is included in option appointed information.But, such as can perform following process in the following way: determine in the value whether value of the selectable items associated with first component identifying information is included in as the selectable items included by the option appointed information of Search Results.
First, parts extraction unit 50 identifies the selectable items identifying information (" DiscDrive " of example: Fig. 2) associated with first component identifying information (" AAA-d " of example: Fig. 2).Then, being included in as in the selectable items value in the option appointed information (example: the option appointed information associated with " 0000001 " of Fig. 3) of Search Results, parts extraction unit 50 only uses the value (example: " cd ") of the selectable items associated with identified selectable items identifying information (example: " DiscDrive ") to determine.That is, and the process of comparing of the value of selectable items that associates with first component identifying information (" AAA-d " of example: Fig. 2) in, parts extraction unit 50 only uses the selectable items (example: " cd ") associated with identified selectable items identifying information (example: " DiscDrive ").This can improve the efficiency comparing process.
Next step, obtain description product information search unit 40 and do not associate with the product identification information of specifying the information indicated to option appointed information, as the situation of Search Results.
In this case, parts extraction unit 50 only extracts following information as first component identifying information: the component identification information (the component identification information of common elements) that (1) does not associate with option information.
Such as, consider that the product identification information of specifying is " 0000004 " and product information search unit 40 obtains and do not associate the information that the indicated situation (with reference to figure 3) as Search Results with the product identification information of specifying to option appointed information.
In this case, component information shown in parts extraction unit 50 search graph 2, and only to extract following information be first component identifying information: the component identification information that (1) does not associate with option information, that is, " 10-FFF-XX ", " A1010-21 ", " P-21 " etc.Therefore, as shown in Figure 5, the components list of the product specified by the product identification information of specifying " 0000004 " is created.
As a reference, Fig. 6 to 9 illustrates the components list of the product created with above-mentioned same way respectively, and described product is specified (with reference to figure 3) by product identification information " 0000002 ", " 0000003 ", " 0000005 " and " 0000006 ".According to embodiment, as shown in Fig. 6 to 7, multiple component identification information can be extracted according to the identical value of selectable items.In Fig. 6 is to 7, set forth following example: according to the value " FDD " of selectable items, be extracted component identification information " 1139-FDD " and " P39-2 ".
Turn back to Fig. 1, output unit 60 exports the first component identifying information extracted by parts extraction unit 50.Such as, by multiple output unit (such as, display, printing equipment etc.), the components list shown in output unit 60 output map 4 to 9, described components list uses the first component identifying information extracted by parts extraction unit 50 to create.
Next step, will describe the treatment scheme of the part management method of embodiment.As shown in the flowchart of fig. 10, the part management method of embodiment comprises: input receiving step S10, product information search step S20, parts extraction step S30, and exports step S40.
At input receiving step S10, input receiving unit 30 receives from user the input of be such as used to specify product identification information.
At product information search step S20, product information search unit 40 uses the product identification information of specifying as key assignments, the product information (with reference to figure 3) that searching products information holding unit 20 keeps, described product identification information of specifying is the product identification information of specifying according to the input in S10.Then, product information search unit 40 obtains the option appointed information that associates with the product identification information of specifying or does not associate with the product identification information of specifying the information indicated, as Search Results to option appointed information.
At parts extraction step S30, the component information (with reference to figure 2) that parts extraction unit 50 search parts information holding unit 10 keeps, and extracting first component identifying information, described first component identifying information is the component identification information identified the parts of the product specified by the product identification information of specifying.
More specifically, at S20, when product information search unit 40 obtains option appointed information as Search Results, parts extraction unit 50 extracts following information as first component identifying information: the component identification information (the component identification information of common elements) that (1) does not associate with option information, and the component identification information among the component identification information that (2) associate with option information (the component identification information of selectable unit (SU)), the value of the selectable items of the association of this component identification information is included in the option appointed information as Search Results.In addition, as (2) component identification information, parts extraction unit 50 extracts (2), such as, component identification information among the component identification information (the component identification information of selectable unit (SU)) associated with option information, all values of the selectable items of the association of this component identification information is included in the option appointed information as Search Results.
On the other hand, at S20, when product information search unit 40 obtain the information that indicated is not associated as Search Results to option appointed information with the product identification information of specifying, parts extraction unit 50 only extracts following information as first component identifying information: the component identification information (the component identification information of common elements) that (1) does not associate with option information.
At output step S40, output unit 60 exports the first component identifying information extracted by parts extraction unit 50 at S30.Such as, by multiple output unit (such as, display and printing equipment), the components list that output unit 60 exports use first component identifying information and creates, described components list is as shown in Fig. 4 to 9, and described first component identifying information extracted by parts extraction unit 50.
In addition, the component management device 1 of embodiment can be realized by installation example such as following program in a computer.
Arrange and manage the programs of the parts of multiple product, described program causes computing machine to realize following function:
Component information holding unit, described component information holding unit holding member information, in described component information, list the component identification information of common elements and the component identification information of selectable unit (SU), described common elements is parts common in all described multiple products among described parts, described selectable unit (SU) is parts different for each product among described parts, and comprises the option information of the value of at least one in selectable items and the component identification information association of described selectable unit (SU);
Product information holding unit, described product information holding unit keeps product information, in described product information, list product identification information each in described multiple product, and the option appointed information comprising the value of at least one in described selectable items associates with the product identification information of at least one in described product;
Input receiving unit, described input receiving unit receives the input being used to specify one of described product identification information;
Product information search unit, described product information search unit uses the product identification information of specifying to search for described product information, described product identification information of specifying is appointed as the product identification information of key assignments, and described product information search unit obtains the option appointed information that associates with described product identification information of specifying or does not associate the information indicated, as Search Results with described product identification information of specifying to described option appointed information; And
Parts extraction unit, described parts extraction unit searches for described component information, and extracts first component identifying information, and described first component identifying information is the component identification information of the parts of described product specified by described product identification information of specifying,
Wherein when described product information search unit obtains described option appointed information as Search Results, described parts extraction unit is operated to extract following component identification information as described first component identifying information among the described component identification information associated with described option information: the value of the selectable items wherein associated is included in described option appointed information.
According to the present invention, can the establishment of promoting member table and management.When there is new product, described new product is used in all common elements registered in component information, and be used in a part for the selectable unit (SU) of registering in advance in component information, if for identifying that the information of new product and the value specifying in the selectable items that specifically requires for new product at least one to associate with product information and newly to register in product information, then can create the components list of this new product, and without the need to changing the content of component information.That is, as long as need not occur that new product just changes the content of component information.
In addition, according to embodiment, even if passing through for specific one requirement of each product, or for two or more requirements specific of each product, when determining whether each product uses selectable unit (SU), relatively easy data configuration also can be adopted correctly to be associated with selectable unit (SU) by each product.
This application claims the right of priority of the Japanese patent application No.2011-010105 submitted to based on January 20th, 2011, and be all openly herein incorporated.